Metro Manila, 4 provinces under ECQ from March 29 to April 4
By ARGYLL GEDUCOS President Duterte has approved placing the National Capital Region-Plus (Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, and Laguna) under the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) from March 29 to April…
Chinese ships present in reef since Nov. 2020
By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Chinese vessels have been swarming the Julian Felipe Reef long before the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) had discovered the more than 200 fishing vessels allegedly manned…
Duterte quietly turns 76 today
By ARGYLL CYRUS B. GEDUCOS For the second year, President Duterte will spend his 76th birth anniversary today while under quarantine as advised by his doctors, Chief Presidential Legal Counsel…
PH logs almost 10,000 COVID cases
By ANALOU DE VERA The Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday that 9,595 more people nationwide contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This is the second straight day that the DOH reported…
Bernabe to be named acting CJ
By GENALYN KABILING Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas Bernabe will serve as acting Chief Justice until a new head of the Supreme Court is formally appointed by President Duterte,…
OCTA seeks two-week MECQ
By ELLALYN V. RUIZ The OCTA Research Team has renewed its call to the government to impose a two-week Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) as Metro Manila's COVID-19 reproduction number…
P21-M marijuana burned in Sulu
By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Authorities seized and burned P21-million worth of marijuana during a raid of two plantations in Kalingalang Caluang, Sulu last Friday. Col. Hernanie Songano, commander of Naval…
4 Manila hospitals reach full capacity
By ANDREA ARO Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said Friday that four district hospitals in Manila will no longer accept new COVID-19 patients as they have already reached full capacity.…
Man jailed for spreading sex videos with ex-GF
By LIEZLE BASA-INIGO LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte – A 33-year-old construction worker was arrested here Thursday after his former girlfriend, a married woman, told police that he was threatening to…
P460,000 dried seahorses seized in Bacolod port
By GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Negros Occidental seized about 15.2 kilos of dried seahorses worth P460,000 at the Banago port here Friday. PCG provincial…
Alex Eala still feeling ‘awe’ after Miami Open stint
By Kristel Satumbaga Alex Eala is still on Cloud 9 from her experience at the prestigious 2021 Miami Open last week. In a recent social media post, the 15-year-old teen…
Sanchez found dead in NBP cell
By CZARINA NICOLE ONG-KI Former Calauan, Laguna Mayor Antonio L. Sanchez, who was convicted for the death of University of the Philippines (UP) students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, was…
Harden feels like an MVP after posting 44 points, 14 boards, 8 assists
WASHINGTON (AFP) — James Harden delivered game highs of 44 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists Friday to power the Brooklyn Nets over Detroit, 113-111, while Boston ended Milwaukee's eight-game…
Medvedev beats rival in less than an hour; Osaka wins
Daniil Medvedev celebrated his rise to second in the world with a seamless entry into the Miami Open on Friday, trouncing Taiwan's Lu Yen-Hsun in less than an hour. Russia's…
Lanete advances to 2-point shootout final in Doha
By JONAS TERRADO Manila Chooks TM’s Chico Lanete advanced to the final round of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Doha Masters two-point shootout after topping the qualifying phase held Friday…
